Commentary: Andy Pettitte owned up to PED mistakes

12:01 AM,
Jul. 24, 2013

Written by

Chad Jennings
The Journal News

When his name showed up in the Mitchell Report, Andy Pettitte came clean. He admitted in the winter of 2007 to using HGH to help himself recover from an elbow injury, and it could have been an overwhelming black mark on an otherwise squeaky-clean reputation.

But Pettitte said on Monday that he's hardly heard a thing about his connection to performance-enhancing drugs since his embarrassing admission.

"Never hear a word," Pettitte said. "When I came back I never heard about it. Ya'll know how I live my life. I believe that God had his hand on me in that sense. How else can you explain it? How can you ...